The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-05
Hints for the Household.

To clean nickel on stoves use soda wet IN am
ponia. Apply with an old toothbrush and ruh
with q wooden cloth.
Vegetables with strong favor, such ms on;o,
and turnips. will be much improved by puttinr
them to boil in cold water, renewing this from =
kettle of boiling water as soon as il comes to !.
scald.
Chinese gloss starch is made of two tabIespoon.
fuls of raw starch, one tablespoonful OF borar
dissolved in one and one-half cup of cold water
Dip the thoroughly dry unstarched cuffs colia-
and bosoms of shirts in this. then roll them nm
tight and let them remain a few hours in arv
cloth, then rub off and iron
The many frames in country homes which
few years ago, were filed with mottos, are inst
the right size. when turned around and huns
panel-fashiop, for holding tive -shinet pctures
A mat can be cut out from any plav iead-colored
paper, with a strip of gilt paper around the
pictures. Have the space between the pictures
just wide as the distance of the pictures from
the frame.
Try this dressing for green's or salad Set a
cup of sweet cream to heat in double boiler
Meanwhile beat an egg thoroughly, add salt
enne, and two tablespoonsful of vinegar. by de-
grees. stirring hard all the time. When the
cream is boiling hot, pour it on the other in.
gradients, beat two three minutes and servo
Good on string beans chopped cabbage, aspara-
gus, beet-tops. any field salad. For lettuce
etc. make without heating the cream.
In cleaning gilt ware there is difference to b
observed between articles gilt by fire or BY tina
gold. For cleaning articles gilt by the first two
methods, one part of borax dissolved in sixteen
parts of water may be employed. With this
solution the article is to be carefully rubbed by
means of q soft sponge brush then rinsed
with water. aud finally dried with linen rag
If convenient the article should be warmed
previously to being rubbed. this increases its
brilliancy.
The editor of scientific magazine not long
since analysed certain brand of soap which had
attained some degree of popularity for the toilet
and had received the Endorsement of several
celebrated persons. He found in it a large ad-
mixture of fine sand. His process Ia a long one
but any housekeeper who chooses can test the
quality of soap in this simple manner: Shave an
ounce of soap and put in q small bottle; nearly
fill with alcohol and place in hot water till the
contents are dissolved, taking care to have no
possibility of ignition. Set it away to cool and
thicken; if no sediment appears the soap is good
Three shades of gros grain ribbon are used for
making sachets. The ribbons are frayed to
form deep fringe at the bottom and are Joined
to form a bag, which filled with cotton well
sprinked with the favorte perfume powder.
Fancy stitching ia made on either side of all the
seams; the top of the bag is faced with silk. and
far enough below the top to form full. pretty
frill it is closed by a wide feather-edged ribbon,
that is gracefully tied with an immense bow, the
words Birthday Greeting" embroidered in
bullion, decorating the loops Any preferred
colors may be selected for the sachet. three
shades of heliotrope green. blue or yellow being
especially very effective. The ribbons may be
of different colors.